Wayne-s World: 2

In the pantheon of great movie sequels, few have been as misunderstood, audaciously weird, or as quotably dense as Wayne’s World 2 . Released in 1993, exactly one year after the phenomenon of the first film, this follow-up to Mike Myers and Dana Carvey’s Saturday Night Live sketch-turned-blockbuster faced an impossible task: recapture lightning in a bottle.

While the original Wayne’s World is rightfully celebrated for its "Bohemian Rhapsody" headbanging scene and breaking the fourth wall into splinters, is the sequel that dared to ask a profound question: What if Wayne Campbell, the horny metalhead from Aurora, Illinois, actually dreamed of being a tragic hero? Wayne-s World 2

Is a better movie than the first? No. The original is a perfect sitcom-scaled comedy. But Wayne’s World 2 is a better experience . It is the cinematic equivalent of an out-of-tune guitar played through a blown speaker: messy, loud, and absolutely glorious. In the pantheon of great movie sequels, few

Consider the scene where Wayne and Garth realize they have no money for the festival. They try to rob an ATM using a vacuum cleaner. When that fails, they simply look at the camera and say, "We need a montage." What follows is a shameless, self-aware montage of them holding bake sales and selling their blood, set to the song "Montage" by (who else?) Sammy Davis Jr. Is a better movie than the first

Cahn offers Cassandra a record contract in Los Angeles, but Wayne smells a rat—specifically, the rat of infidelity. While having a bizarre dream involving a faceless man, a tornado, and a hawk carrying a snake, Wayne receives cryptic advice from the ghost of The Doors’ frontman, Jim Morrison (played with eerie serenity by Michael A. Nickles). Morrison’s message is simple: "If you book them, they will come."